UN Rights Council: Advance Accountability for Abuses in Afghanistan

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Overview during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, February 26, 2024. © 2024 Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council should urgently create an independent body to pursue accountability for all those responsible for serious abuses – past and present – in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country’s human rights and humanitarian situations have gravely spiraled downward. The Taliban's repressive policies…

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